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Direct linkNeugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2011
The author presents insights from various readers of "ExchangeEveryDay" regarding trends in the world of family child care. Kathleen Reticker of Acre Family Child Care in Lowell, Massachusetts thinks an increasing trend in Family Child Care is the pressure to emulate a Center, instead of seeing family child care as a different model. Over the…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Child Care, Family Environment, Legal Responsibility
Neugebauer, Roger; Hartzell, Debra – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2012
For 25 years, "Exchange" has been tracking developments in the for profit child care sector. With this report, CEOs of organizations in the Exchange Top 50 have been asked to reflect on what have been the most significant developments in this sector over these 25 years. This article shares what they said.
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Care Centers, Annual Reports, Educational Assessment
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2012
Center-based child care and family child care are now part of the fabric of life in the United States. This trend report will review the available demographic information on the types of child care arrangements that parents are utilizing, the expenses related to these forms of care, and the structural characteristics of center-based care. Most of…
Descriptors: Child Care, Preschool Children, Child Rearing, Costs
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2010
Today employer child care is accepted as standard benefit for employees and nearly all Fortune 500 companies have gotten involved. The current recession threatened to halt the growth of employer child care as companies consolidated, cut back, and folded. However, in reviewing the status of employer child care for this trend report, it appears that…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Care Centers, Employees, Enrollment
Neugebauer, Roger; Hartzell, Debra – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2011
The year 2010 will not be remembered as a banner year for large for profit child care organizations. But it appears that heading into 2011, optimism has returned. This article presents the twenty-fourth annual status report on for profit child care organizations. In 2010, the total capacity of the three largest for profit chains in North America,…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Child Care, Proprietary Schools, Annual Reports
Neugebauer, Roger; Hartzell, Debra – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2010
The field of early care and education has a long, proud history. In conducting research on the oldest child care centers in the United States, the authors discovered 75 organizations that have been in operation research more than 90 years; the oldest of which, Newark Day Care Center, has been in operation for 207 years! Rather than summarizing…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Child Care, Educational History, Educational Development
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2009
Having worked in the early childhood field for over three decades, the author has seen a lot of changes: The supply of child care services has increased ten-fold and the public respect for early childhood services has risen nearly as much. Despite these changes, certain challenges for these field have not been successfully addressed: Compensation…
Descriptors: Community Development, Young Children, Child Care, Early Childhood Education
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
In the intervening years, the question of whether corporations should be in the child care business has been answered. Employers no longer question whether providing child care support for employees is a good idea; the key question now is whether they can afford it. This article reports that research for the employer child care status report finds…
Descriptors: Employees, Corporations, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Neugebauer, Roger; Weiss, Shasta Zenelle; Wilson, Mike – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2009
This article presents the 22nd annual status report on for profit care. Despite a slowing economy, many larger for profit organizations managed to expand last year. During 2008, the second and third largest for profit organizations experienced changes in ownership. This year many of the surveyed organizations shared stories of efforts they are…
Descriptors: Child Care, Surveys, Early Childhood Education, Economics
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2010
When "Exchange" surveyed leaders of North America's largest non profit child care organizations about threats facing their organizations, not surprisingly, the "state of the economy" was foremost on their minds. What is surprising is that these organizations have been able to weather the economic storm quite well. One should…
Descriptors: Child Care, Nonprofit Organizations, Leaders, Economic Climate
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
This article presents the viewpoints of the CEOs of the three largest for profit child care organizations in North America about trends in their field. The three individuals are: (1) David Lissy, CEO, Bright Horizons Family Solutions; (2) Felicia Thornton, CEO, Knowledge Universe Education, U.S. (parent company for Knowledge Learning Corporation);…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Trends
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2009
In the September/October issue the author analyzed trends in business and society and identified three pillars of the new economy. After that article was published, readers were asked to share their views on what these changes mean for the world of early childhood. In this article, the author summarizes respondent's views. [For Part 1, see…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Children, Child Care, Teaching (Occupation)
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2011
This article presents an interview with Barbara Thompson, the Director of the Office of Family Policy/Children and Youth in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In the interview, Thompson talks about trends in military child care in the United States. She shares when the military got into the business of providing child care. She also talks…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Interviews, Educational Trends
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2007
In this article, the author highlights two main efforts in line with the historic twentieth annual status report on for profit child care. These includes: (1) adding new players in the "Exchanged Top 40" list; and (2) focusing on regional chains, organizations providing early childhood services in more than 20 locations in two or more states. The…
Descriptors: Child Care, Private Sector, Employed Women, Early Childhood Education
Neugebauer, Roger – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2009
Late in 2008, when it was becoming apparent that the economic downturn was not a simple blip but a serious recession, Warren Buffet confidently predicted that the American economy would bounce back and be as strong as ever. However, he observed, "the economy that emerges will not be the same economy that entered the downturn." Since then, one…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Child Care, Money Management, Risk Management
